2012-01-15
Original: 2012-01-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Mother (a woman with red hair, sunglasses, and a green sweater vest, holding a book): I wrote this children's book on sex so nobody will make the same mistake that I did.
Daughter (a younger person with brown hair in a red shirt): Mom, I'm pretty sure nobody else will make the mistake you made.
Panel 2 (close-up of the book's cover):
Book title: THE EMPEROR HAS NO CONDOM
Cover subtitle: Only the wise can see it!
(The cover illustration shows a bearded emperor wearing a crown and a jester-like collared outfit.)
Votey:
Excerpt:
And the Emperor's mother said "I respect your decision not to make grandkids for me. In fact, I'll gift you a condom made of the finest material.
Mother (a woman with red hair, sunglasses, and a green sweater vest, holding a book): I wrote this children's book on sex so nobody will make the same mistake that I did.
Daughter (a younger person with brown hair in a red shirt): Mom, I'm pretty sure nobody else will make the mistake you made.
Panel 2 (close-up of the book's cover):
Book title: THE EMPEROR HAS NO CONDOM
Cover subtitle: Only the wise can see it!
(The cover illustration shows a bearded emperor wearing a crown and a jester-like collared outfit.)
Votey:
Excerpt:
And the Emperor's mother said "I respect your decision not to make grandkids for me. In fact, I'll gift you a condom made of the finest material.
Alt text
A two-panel comic. Panel 1: A red-haired woman in sunglasses and a green sweater vest holds a book and tells her brown-haired daughter, 'I wrote this children's book on sex so nobody will make the same mistake that I did.' The daughter, looking deadpan, replies, 'Mom, I'm pretty sure nobody else will make the mistake you made.' Panel 2: A close-up of the book cover, titled 'THE EMPEROR HAS NO CONDOM' with the subtitle 'Only the wise can see it!' and an illustration of a bearded, crowned emperor. The joke parodies 'The Emperor's New Clothes,' implying the mother's 'mistake' was an unplanned pregnancy (the daughter herself). Votey (aftercomic): Plain text styled as a book excerpt reading, 'Excerpt: And the Emperor's mother said "I respect your decision not to make grandkids for me. In fact, I'll gift you a condom made of the finest material."' — a riff where the invisible 'finest material' condom is just as nonexistent as the emperor's clothes.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.